amorality
amorality — 名詞
1. a state of not caring whether actions are good or bad, so decisions are made as
無道德感
對是非善惡毫不在意的狀態
a state of not caring whether actions are good or bad, so decisions are made as if questions of right and wrong do not matter
Reporters saw the minister's amorality in his joking response to the deaths.
記者從那位部長面對死者時開玩笑的回應，看出他的無道德感。
see + amorality in someone's response
Christopher warned that market amorality could leave poor patients without care.
Christopher 警告，市場的無道德感可能讓貧困病人得不到照顧。
market amorality in public criticism
Tamar was shocked by the gang leader's amorality when the man laughed at the attack.
Tamar 看到那名幫派頭目在攻擊後還大笑，對那人的無道德感感到震驚。
The novel's hero survives through charm, nerve, and almost total amorality.
那部小說的主角靠著魅力、膽量，以及近乎徹底的無道德感活了下來。
Beatriz's calm amorality made bribery sound like ordinary office routine.
Beatriz 那種平靜的無道德感，讓賄賂聽起來像普通的辦公室慣例。
- amoralism
more philosophical; often names a doctrine rather than everyday behaviour
- moral indifference
plainer and less formal; stresses not caring rather than a stable quality
- cynicism
focuses on distrust of motives, not necessarily the absence of moral concern
- morality
the general system or sense of right and wrong
- conscience
stresses an inner feeling that guides moral choices
文法句型
amorality of N
amorality toward N
用法筆記
Usually uncountable and common in formal discussion of politics, business, fiction, or psychology. Use immorality instead when you want to say an action is morally wrong; amorality stresses that moral judgment is missing or treated as irrelevant.